Spinning-top.



PATENTE!) JUNE 20, 1905.

F. WIELAND.

SPINNING TOP.

APPLIQATION FILED Nov. 8, 1904.

WW1/Lame@ No. 792,640. I

UNITED STATES Patented June 20, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

SPINNING-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 792,640, dated June 20, 1905.

Application filed November 8,1904. Serial No. 231,915.

. To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK WIELAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spinning-Tops, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention relates to spinning-tops, and more particularly to that class which has its spinning-cord secured to the top, atop which may also be moved from place to place, suspended by the cord, while spinning, and also may be rewound by action of the spinningtop. These and other details and objects of my invention are more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings like reference characters refer to the same parts in the various figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved selfwinding top. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view at about the middle of the top. Fig. Llis an enlarged detail view of the spindle and swivel to which the spinning-cord is secured.

The preferred form of top, as shown in the drawings, is a shell of thin metal, comprising two parts 5 and 6 with a telescopic joint, as at 7, where it will be seen that the edge of the upper section 5 lits over the edge of section 6 and is turned under, eiiectually uniting them. At this point of union is also secured a weighted ring 8, with an youter peripheral flange 9, over which the edges of the sections lock to hold the ring in place, while retaining each other. Vertically situated within the shell of, the top is a sleeve 10, bearing on washers 11 and 12 and stiEening the shell, so as to prevent the collapse of same. Within the sleeve 10 is a second sleeve 13, whose lower end passes through section 6 and is anged around a washer 14, while its upper end passes through the upper section and has a washer 15 forced upon it to hold the shell and these sleeves firmly together. Tightly secured within the sleeve 13 is the spindle 16, carrying on its lower end the loose handle 17, while its upper end is reduced and headed, as at 18 in Fig. 4. On this reduced end is placed a swivel 19, in which an indentation 2O has been made to prevent it passing over the head, while it is free to rotate independent of the spindle and top. The upper end of the swivel is provided with a loop or hook 21, to which the spinningcord 22 is secured. The lower end of the spindle 16 is headed to retain the handle thereon. The upper end of the sleeve 13 is provided with fingers 23, which receive and engage the cord when it is t0 be wound upon the outer end of the sleeve 13. The cord may carry ya ring 24 or other suitable device to afford means for the 0perator to securely grasp the cord.

In the act of spinning this top the handle 17 is held in one hand while the cord is slightly wound upon the outer end of the sleeve 13', the lingers 23 engaging the cord and preventing the swivel 19 from moving independently of the top and sleeve. A slight pull upon the cord will then cause the top and sleeve to rapidly revolve, winding up the entire cord upon the sleeve 13. When the entire cord has been wound, it is tnen suddenly pulled from the sleeve until completely unwound and its strain is wholly upon the swivel. The top is then spinning rapidly, held and supported by the handle 17, which may be released, suspending the spinning=top by the co rd alone. The lower end of the spindle may be allowed to rest upon the floor, table, or wherever desired. The swivel 19 being free, there is no tendency to twist the cord nor does the latter impede the momentum of the top, although secured to it.

It is obvious that I may modify the construction of this top by making the body of a solid piece of wood or other suitable material providing it with the necessary weight. The handle 17 may also be made of wood, and other minor changes may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as illustrated.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a spinning-top, the combination with a weighted top-body, of a spindle passing through the top-body, a handle loosely carried on the lower end of the spindle, and a loop Swiveled on the upper end oi' the spindle to receive the cord, substantially as described for the purposes set forth.

2. In a spinning-top, the combination with the top-body, of a weighted ring on the topbody, a spindle passing through the top, se cured thereto and headed at each end; a loose handle carriedron the lower end of the spindle, a loop swiveled on the upper end of the spindle and a cord secured to the loop or. hook, substantially as described for the purposes set forth. v

3. In a spinning-top, the combination with the top-body composed of two similar sections at ,the point of union, a sleeve bracing the two Lof the spindle, substantiallyas described for the purposes set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 5th day of November, A. D. 1904.

EREDERIGK "WIELAND Witnesses:

FRED. MARGUARD, MINNA MARGUARD. 

